Doctor REACTS to Rick & Morty | Psychiatrist Analyzes Pickle Rick | Dr Elliott

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    PICKLE RICK!!!! This is an odd but really fun Doctor REACTS episode looking at Rick and Morty. Rick turns himself into a pickle. That's a completely reasonable thing to do, right? This episode gives us a chance to talk about the role of family therapy, the theory of aberrant salience underpinning paranoid delusions, the pharmacology of inhalants, childhood attachment theory and loads more. Hope you learn something!
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ความคิดเห็น • 648

  • @semnae
    @semnae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +739

    If you’ve watched Rick and Morty from the beginning, “Is everything a camera?” seems like a perfectly rational question.

    • @noahgray543
      @noahgray543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Of course everything isn't a camera, some of the stuff are microphones. Rick probably sells Morty's videos to some weird aliens.

    • @Tool_vs_Tool
      @Tool_vs_Tool ปีที่แล้ว

      He is asking because of his masturbation addiction.

    • @austinfarley4971
      @austinfarley4971 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was gonna say. I don't think it's paranoia in this case, Morty is genuinely justified in his thinking.

    • @Djorgal
      @Djorgal 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah, common saying that it's not paranoia if they're really out to get you. For Morty, considering that everything might be a camera at this time is really reasonable.

    • @Owhellnaw
      @Owhellnaw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      morty is so close to breaking the 4th wall

  • @aisha-pv6sk
    @aisha-pv6sk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1328

    I loved this video, I’ve never seen rick and morty, and the fact that turning into a pickle does not faze the family gives me the feeling that this show is pure chaos. I’m not gonna lie I had no idea how you would analyze a pickle but it did turn out very interesting!

    • @Nixqtis
      @Nixqtis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@Wikiramblings yes it's chaos most of the time

    • @Jupiterninja95
      @Jupiterninja95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It's one of those shows that's good on its own but the fanbase ruins it

    • @char4980
      @char4980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Wikiramblings please do yourself a favor and watch it. It's so good

    • @newgothwhosdis
      @newgothwhosdis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      To answer you: yes. Yes it is pure chaos

    • @yes-ei2yo
      @yes-ei2yo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Jupiterninja95 the fanbase is super annoying

  • @shiftylookingpyjak1989
    @shiftylookingpyjak1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +628

    The real key quote to look at Rick is "There is no way to do it so wrong you might die." It is very obvious over the course of the show that he is passively suicidal pretty much the whole time, and actively suicidal at least once.

    • @semnome9536
      @semnome9536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      He tried to kill himself when Unity dumped him. Besides it he takes all the risky adventures because he doesn't care about either dying or living, there's nothing in his life making him think: "Well, I should live because at least I have......" Isn't that interesting? You may say he has everything because of his unlimited power and intelligence, but he actually feels like he has nothing to lose, that's why he's suicidal.

    • @pastelpanta2966
      @pastelpanta2966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@semnome9536 man that sounds like me. I don’t have regrets because I don’t believe anything matters

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      BUT, isn't he unafraid of his death because he knows he is still alive and will continue to live in an infinite number of parallel universes? He's trapped in perpetual life, so why bother killing himself? And why not risk his life? 🤔🙄😲🙃

    • @K1NG1O
      @K1NG1O 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KingKook hes in the finite curve. Which he created to pretty much make sure he maintains power always and is the strongest in the universe.

    • @h3ck774
      @h3ck774 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "more embracing the win win of risking my life"

  • @morosenberg5571
    @morosenberg5571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    in case you're curious, I think Dan Harmon (the co-creator of the show) said the pickle thing is a metaphor for rick's relationship with alcohol (being pickled also means being very drunk)

    • @RobertRBest
      @RobertRBest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Came here to point out pickled=drunk

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@RobertRBest I believe the psychiatrist in the episode did start out assuming just that, putting "pickle" into air quotes and I think when Rick came in she said something along the lines of "oh that wasn't a metaphor?". Could be wrong, has been a long time since I saw it. I don't think I would have made that connection otherwise, English not being my first language 😅

    • @juliapaiva1137
      @juliapaiva1137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@sourcererseven3858 I didn't know that being pickled could mean drunk. I thought it was because he was "in a pickle" which also means to be in a difficult situation.

    • @EterPuralis
      @EterPuralis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@juliapaiva1137 considering it's Rick, it's probably both.

    • @hemiacplurge3572
      @hemiacplurge3572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@EterPuralis "Sometimes a pickle is just a cigar" - Ziggy Frood

  • @mehlover
    @mehlover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    I was excited to see this reaction video. I've been dying to see a therapist's view on the pickle Rick episode. Especially after during this time, there was a part of the fandom that disliked the therapist's analysis and brushed it off like Beth and Rick. Which was missing the whole point that they're people you shouldn't want to be.

    • @theperson8539
      @theperson8539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Yeah, the therapist section of the episode is handled infinitely better than I remember, a genuinely clever way to surmise all of the immediate issues that were going on with the family at the time. I think the narrative has sort of gone up and down in recent seasons, I mean, everything besides the incest baby was something I could still appreciate, but I think a lot of this still carries over, considering Morty’s dependency on Rick. I think the part that makes Rick and Morty have fans that are so aggressive to anything that doesn’t serve their delusions about the characters is that the self awareness in the show is a great deal more subtle than it is in Harmon’s other memorable show: Community. Community was constantly self evaluating and was always aware of what it was and what it’s existence meant to its fans and to an intellectual capacity. Harmon proved on that show that he is one of the best (Psychological-Dramatically influenced) Comedy writer and creator we’ve ever seen, stringing together brilliant concepts that are often intensely crass and building them into a complex narrative that follows an ever growing structure that’s just off in the background. Rick and Morty is brilliant too, it just doesn’t wear its complexity and nuance on its sleeve like Community did, and as much as the show seems to be all about how smart it is, it just isn’t about hyping itself up. More than anything, its a lot more about the constant chaotic conundrum that serves as the fallout that follows the hype… and the hype is just too strong at times to look past. That’s why so many people think that the season 4 and 5 have been a step down, they arrived faster and they made the hype thinner. Some of us just don’t want to look past the hype… which is why people don’t want to let Rick and Morty naturally progress into the fallout phase of the narrative, which is perhaps why it really has to.

    • @gunnar4915
      @gunnar4915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@theperson8539 This deserves more likes

    • @semnome9536
      @semnome9536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I don't know why someone would want to be like Rick. Ok, everyone would like to be as smart as him, but he has a lot of mental issues, these toxic fans need to stop, the guy isn't a role model and even the creators know it.

    • @DaemonWulf7
      @DaemonWulf7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@semnome9536 from listening to his podcast it seems like Harmon's greatest frustration (or one high on the list) is that people don't get that point. i love Rick, but he's pretty fucked. i mean, arguably the most powerful being and the most intelligent, but it keeps biting him in the ass because he can't get his shit together. it's literally pure luck he hasn't killed his own family and everyone he cares for by accident.

    • @mehlover
      @mehlover 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DaemonWulf7 do you happen to know which ep of his podcast he talks about that? Cause I gotta hear this

  • @dekutree1105
    @dekutree1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Also, recently my therapist pointed out the same thing he mentioned about saying "I feel *insert insult here*" as not really a feeling but a thought. I never really thought about it that way and what I've noticed is that he's totally right: it can serve as a way to avoid the more vulnerable feelings underneath. I've found it pretty helpful to remember that.

    • @emmajones8715
      @emmajones8715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Definitely something that helped me a lot years ago in therapy I think X and that makes me feel Y. Thought are easier to challenge and change than feelings are.
      I hope your therapy is helping you x

  • @HBC423
    @HBC423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    This was a very sad episode about alcoholism.. when people drink all the time they say you're pickling yourself, he literally turned himself into a pickle. It's brilliant, he turned himself into a pickle to avoid his problems. We pickle ourselves with alcohol to avoid and not have to deal with our problems.

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And yet, despite the formidably overwhelming odds, Rick triumphs in the end. He's a master of his infinite universes. 😏

    • @otherlego
      @otherlego 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He literally pickled himself… funniest shit ever

    • @zlkanglwrth2776
      @zlkanglwrth2776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He got himself in a pickle

  • @glenneric1
    @glenneric1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    It just occurred to me that it would be really easy to force Rick to counseling as a pickle. Just put him in your purse. Bad move by Rick.

    • @KO-vb4tg
      @KO-vb4tg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Beth would be embarrassed by that. It would prevent her from pretending that her family is totally normal and her kids are acting out for reasons other than their family being fucked up.

    • @Kayta-Linda
      @Kayta-Linda 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually, Rick himself literally suggested that option, and Beth specifically chose not to.

  • @bialynia
    @bialynia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    I loved that reaction, there's a lot of meat in that episode.
    Though it should be noted that in Morty's case the paranoid behaviour could actually be considered rational behaviour. His poor teenage brain is exposed to such weird things on a daily basis, he's just adapted to it.
    I'd really like to see you react to some Steven Universe episodes. If you haven't watched it I think Alone Together would be best to try without context.

    • @claytonsmith3749
      @claytonsmith3749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      psychoanalysis of stephen universe would be amazing

    • @DaFrancc
      @DaFrancc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think there was more pickle than meat but I see your point

    • @jabberwocky3269
      @jabberwocky3269 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oooo steven universe would be such a perfect piece of media to react to!

  • @royce6485
    @royce6485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    I lost it when he cut to the brain model 😂 taking rick and morty science seriously is peak comedy and actually educational

  • @whatsup968
    @whatsup968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    It's really ironic how this episode was the one where they hit the audience over the head with all the toxicity in the family and how unwell Rick is, but it's also the episode toxic fans got fixated on as they proceeded to not take the obvious message about mental health on board
    Edit: Just checked this after two months and there are more replies than I realized.
    I want to add that I don't think finding humour in this episode makes you toxic (it's a well-written comedy lol that's what it's there for), just that the fans of this show who are toxic often focused on the wrong aspect of this episode and seem to fixate on this episode the most when they idolise Rick, which is ironic when it's one of the episodes that most tries to tell the audience not to do that
    And no I don't think you need to analyze every piece of media that crosses your path, but it's a good idea to not be totally passive either. This video is already about a doctor analyzing the show in the first place, so I assume if you watched this video you already know that
    Also tbh as long as you're not a douche I wasn't even talking about you in my comment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @natfailsyoutube8163
      @natfailsyoutube8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Take a look at the creators talk about the season, and the episode, and fixate on the very same things about that ep that you suggest comes from the toxic fans; because I think it's a mistake to attribute it to the fans when it is a dynamic and tension that runs deeper.

    • @OOPmanL
      @OOPmanL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yea, but he turned himself into a pickle. That was the funniest shit i ever saw.

    • @pastelmusic409
      @pastelmusic409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's a meme to get fixated on the pickle thing 🙄 there's nothing toxic about fixating on it. People don't have to delve into the messages, some people just want to laugh.

    • @Loveforthethorns
      @Loveforthethorns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It is pretty great that the show continuously gets people to demonstrate why we need the messages of the show.
      The central theme of this episode felt to me, when I watched it, that calm boring maintenance is often much more central to our lives and well-being than the big, showy moments and drama we tell stories about. Often a breakdown after an insult or failure has more to do with how much sleep your getting than how big a deal the event actually was. Rick goes on this huge, dramatic adventure where he has to overcome huge triumphs and accomplishes amazing things, but none of it really *mattered,* and he and everyone he cares about would have been better off if he had just... done the boring maintenance and gone to therapy. Meanwhile, the boring clique scenes with the therapist are the ones that *actually mattered* to their wellbeing; boring to watch, but central to the character arcs.
      And why do we, as a society, need to be reminded sometimes to focus on the boring but meaningful parts instead of the fun, dramatic, meme-y parts of the show?
      _Man in the distance yells._ "PICKLE RICK!!!"
      That's why.

    • @CubeGodd
      @CubeGodd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not "toxic fans" it's you not being part of a joke and feeling left out. Get over yourself.

  • @biggmackthewackslack6654
    @biggmackthewackslack6654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I remember the first time I watched this, and I genuinely thought the psychiatrist believed that "grandpa turned himself into a pickle" was secret code for "Grandpa suffers from Alcohol abuse" and I thought she was trying to get the family to open up about his alcoholism until he actually strolled in and she just casually starts talking to him like "Oh yeah, I knew it was legit the whole damn time lol"

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well, Morty did declare that Rick turned himself into a pickle. It would be very unusual for a boy his age to be using the word pickle euphemistically. Obviously, an actual pickle was involved in the family dynamic. 😄

    • @biggmackthewackslack6654
      @biggmackthewackslack6654 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KingKook A boy of his *inteligence get it because Morty Dumb Jk mostly just from season 1 - 3 and then he starts getting some balls

    • @klaushage
      @klaushage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KingKook You have never heard small children parrot sentences or even words that are too grown up? Probably picked up by adult talking, while the child is listening. "Daddy has a premtjur jaculation, so momie drinks wine with the neighbour when daddy is travelling"

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@klaushage My pet parrot is always saying "premtjur jaculation", especially in church. 👹

  • @nickzeiders5952
    @nickzeiders5952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Love this one! You should check out season 3 episode 19 of Community where the whole group goes to Abeds psychiatrist appointment.

    • @FanyDProductions
      @FanyDProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes please

    • @Wertsir
      @Wertsir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Season 1, Episode 4 “Social Psychology” where we learn about the Duncan Principle.
      Season 2, Episode 3 “The Psychology of Letting Go” where we explore psychological coping mechanisms for death, and Jeff’s narcissism. (Also, oil wrestling)

    • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
      @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just left a comment about _Community_ before seeing yours. I couldn't think of any of the specific episodes at the moment, but *YESS!!!* That's definitely one of them.

  • @kenmashikin
    @kenmashikin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Dr. Wong is an expert in coprophagia. Essentially her point is "you choose to take that shit". The write have her to treat Rick is so metaphorical and brilliant. Because Rick, out of the billion of worlds and options, totally deliberately chose to take the shit he has now.

  • @TheMajesticYak0
    @TheMajesticYak0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Fun fact that casual watches might not pick up on is the therapist in this episode was voiced by Susan Sarandon. The fact that her character's name is Dr. Wong is because the writers intended on casting an Asian actress to play the character but then found out Susan Sarandon was a fan of the show and wanted to do a voice and this was the only place they currently had available to plug her in, so they course corrected but it was too late to change the character's name.

  • @dodiswatchbobobo
    @dodiswatchbobobo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Would you believe a massive subset of Rick and Morty fans believe the lesson of this episode is “Man f*ck that therapist, what the hell does she know, she hasn’t LIVED like Rick. Rick is totally f*ckin’ AWESOME, what is she even talking about?”

    • @katphish30
      @katphish30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes I would. This show suffers from the South Park effect even more than South Park.

    • @B_27
      @B_27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've never heard anyone say that, but then, I don't associate with morons.

    • @Firegen1
      @Firegen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@B_27 I have to applaud that response 👏🏾

    • @thewildcardperson
      @thewildcardperson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      so I do get the point of the therapist but if there really was a person like Rick bringing down multiple galactic governments crossing between a many many dimensions and species of aliens and even committing mass genocide on multiple versions of himself this therapist wouldn't not be qualified to handle Rick at all a better more realistic example would be veterans returning from way no ammount of class room books will really teach a therapist what a soldier goes threw or relate to them and there fore can never truly help them its why alot of therapy does fail especially with veterans who can't bring it up how do you talk about shooting a 13 year old suicide bombed when you know the college grad is doing nothing but faking it and thinking about how evil you are that's what people mean and how it related to Rick this therapist doesn't have the first clue what it would really be like to have a life like them so she has absolutely no right or is even right to tell them how to live there lives or process there emotions

    • @dodiswatchbobobo
      @dodiswatchbobobo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thewildcardperson Except Rick isn’t a real person, clearly doesn’t have PTSD or related trauma from his experiences, and the things he’s saying don’t actually come from that place of experience.
      He’s the most toxic parts of Dan Harmon(a very civilian writer)’s personality and this therapist was repeating what Dan Harmon’s therapist said to him and thousands of Dan Harmon fans missed the point and continued using Rick’s behavior to excuse their own assholishness.

  • @Dorianjay
    @Dorianjay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Fun fact: Morty's mother is voiced by Sarah Chalke, the actor who portrayed Dr. Elliot Reid on Scrubs ;)

    • @honscha
      @honscha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh shit, really?? I love Scrubs and I never noticed it but I cannot unhear it now haha

    • @Hanmacx
      @Hanmacx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So that's why she becomes a horse surgeon

    • @danielm5535
      @danielm5535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sarah also played the other Becky on Roseanne when Lecy Goranson left for a while for college. Many times there were jokes about the swap of actress playing Becky, “It’s been a while…” “Oh, my mistake, I thought you were someone else”

    • @rosiehawtrey
      @rosiehawtrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actress, actress - please try and remember this important fact. She has tits and related bits - she is a she. Therefore she is an ACTRESS.

  • @jaymac7349
    @jaymac7349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    “A calculated pre-pickle plan” Spot on! 😂

    • @Abrahamwaffle
      @Abrahamwaffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Could have gone for the full aliteration with "a perfectly premeditated pre-pickle plan"

  • @zhongwenren
    @zhongwenren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I enjoyed that a lot. I think from what I remember the pickle allegory isn't phallic but actually because he's 'pickled' all the time e.i. an alcoholic.

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, the obviousness rhyme to be made with the name Rick is not to be ignored. Pickled Rick = drunk dick.

  • @BackroadTv2016
    @BackroadTv2016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Fun fact rick becoming a pickle is a metaphor for being drunk he got "pickled" instead of going to councelor he got drunk instead, rick and morty is full of metaphors

  • @basicallylit.2064
    @basicallylit.2064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm currently learning what 'feelings' are, apparently for years I've been doing what Dr Carthy said, confusing thoughts as feelings.

    • @tjrex9458
      @tjrex9458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nicholas that sounds like bullshit

  • @ceciliagialdini7695
    @ceciliagialdini7695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I've never expected that the episode of Rick turning into a pickle will unpack so much knowledge! Thank you for this! It was so much fun

  • @timothytorigian7932
    @timothytorigian7932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Did you notice Dr. Wong's specialty posted on her door was family therapy and coprophagia recovery?

  • @Wertsir
    @Wertsir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He psychoanalyzes a pickle, funniest shit I’ve ever seen.

  • @thomasandrewclifford
    @thomasandrewclifford 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I'd love to know what you'd get out of the episode "auto erotic assimilation". It genuinely made me cry at the end.

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No, I will _not_ google that phrase, nice try!

    • @louiederpman7113
      @louiederpman7113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sourcererseven3858 I know it sounds like one of those bait googles, but its actually the name of one of the episodes 😂

    • @callmelordhelmet
      @callmelordhelmet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought you were quoting Masuka from Dexter for a second: "I know exactly what happened. Two words.. auto-erotic... mummification."

    • @semnome9536
      @semnome9536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The song in the end ruins me everytime ;-;

  • @adam346
    @adam346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There is a reason why it's one of the best Rick and Morty episodes of all time... because there is so much good and true in it.

  • @user-sc6vr2pd5k
    @user-sc6vr2pd5k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I like TH-cam channels that make watching TV an intellectual activity

  • @heavenshaw9451
    @heavenshaw9451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I really appreciate this channel, it’s shown me ways to ressolve, minimize issues within my actual life as well as learn more productive ways of talking to people that negatively affect my life and for that I’m extremely grateful.
    P.s. you have such a wonderful personality that is so much fun to watch

  • @juliette9474
    @juliette9474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Great episode! I'd love to see you react to Mr. Robot next. It depicts social anxiety, depression, addiction, paranoia, trauma and more. A lot of people have questioned the accuracy of the show so it would be very interesting to have a psychiatrist's take on it!

    • @vsync
      @vsync 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mr. Robot is an amazing amazing show

    • @flawedsanity
      @flawedsanity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's honestly so, SO accurate in dozens of ways. More so than a lot of other shows. But I'm not a doctor - just an addict with DID.

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. Robot is still tormenting me! Was it all a delusion in his stressed, paranoid, drug addled mind? Or in mine?! 😲🤪

  • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
    @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    There's some good _Community_ episodes that would probably be worth your time.
    Not to mention the characters of Abed Nadir and Annie Edison are pretty interesting from an observational standpoint. Shirley Bennett too considering her relationship with her husband at times.

    • @jhutsebaut
      @jhutsebaut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen this one?
      Annie Edison being a real sociopath for 23 minutes
      th-cam.com/video/UW7aHP7sqf0/w-d-xo.html

    • @matthewgallaway3675
      @matthewgallaway3675 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Someone should diagnose Ben Chang

  • @katiefincher2433
    @katiefincher2433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You may want to mention at some point that psychiatry is *very* different in the UK than it is in the US, or Australia, or Canada, or nearly anywhere else, because the field of psychiatry is utterly segmented and siloed. A lot of the terms you're using are UK or EU specific, and a few of have no analogues in the US or canada.

  • @rav3style
    @rav3style 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Problem is, with Rick, everything COULD be a camera

  • @Silentbob1494
    @Silentbob1494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Dude, you're a sharp one. Love your analysis of everyone, spot on.

  • @omega1231
    @omega1231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "Can those wings support the weight of a pickle?" Well, can a bumblebee actually a fly, and can a European swallow actually carry a coconut? We will never truelly know.

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two African swallows can, if they hold the coconut with a string. 🧐

    • @GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-
      @GorgeousRandyFlamethrower- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KingKook what, held in place under their dorsal guiding feathers?

    • @matthewgallaway3675
      @matthewgallaway3675 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An African or a European swallow?

  • @Dionaea_M
    @Dionaea_M 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love this episode and I think is one of the most important ones of the show. Also I think it is one of the best representations of a therapy session, specially a family one. The dialogue is brilliantly written and so intelligent! We can actually learn a lot from this show if we pay attention to it. I'm so happy you did a reaction on this one!! 💕

    • @herkamer98
      @herkamer98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe it won an Emmy...

  • @sheilaboland3043
    @sheilaboland3043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Elliot, I am amazed of the massive knowledge you hold in your brain!

  • @Firegen1
    @Firegen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I never thought a Rick & Morty widely known meme would be so eye opening. I have never heard attachment theory explained like that before but it should be. I feel a lot um... not so compassionate specialists treat it like a birth based reward system. Born into the right family or a broken one. Rather than the way you have Dr Elliott at 8:29 the compassion to understand how these dynamics become entrenched. It hit me harder then expected, thank you :,).

  • @StephenJohnson-jb7xe
    @StephenJohnson-jb7xe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pickle Rick was absolutely my favorite episode, the whole dialogue was both absurd and extremely deep at the same time, particularly the disagreement between Rick and the psychologist.

  • @shadowproductions969
    @shadowproductions969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great reaction. Nice to see you enjoy the site and focus on the helpful tidbits.
    There's another episode of Rick and Morty where they go for a detox and it actually removes their toxic traits.. or their self perceived toxic traits to be specific. I think it would be an interesting psychological analysis for you.

  • @emberalus2229
    @emberalus2229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm going to be honest, analysing morty's behavior at the start of the episode in our own frame of reality is fun and all but I don't think anyone can grasp how mind f***ed a kid like him is in the most insane ridiculous reality he lives in. For all we know, morty could just as well be trapped into a vat, being artifically kept alive by an advanced type of aliens feeding him goo through a pipe to fuel his brain and brainwash him into perceiving his entire existance to be the way it is in the show?
    I think it'd be way more interesting to analyze the creator(s) of the show to see how crazy you have to be to come up with this most ridiculous insane show.

  • @genericcommentor1111
    @genericcommentor1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He psychologically analyzes a pickle, funniest shit I've ever seen

  • @jhutsebaut
    @jhutsebaut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dr Wong was voiced by Susan Sarandon and this was her first appearence. She has since appeared in at least one other episode. She did a great job in what is arguably one of the most smartly written animated comady series. 🥒

  • @derricksmith3948
    @derricksmith3948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pickle Rick is the most amazing episode. It gets raw and direct to the point through an entertaining process of action and revelation. I read being "pickled" means drunk, as Rick is drunk on both alcohol and his ego and pain at all times. Plus yes it is a phallic symbol. Lolol

  • @AngerThePeople
    @AngerThePeople 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I LOVE your pop culture analysis videos!!! Thanks for another great one!!!

  • @llllaurrrrrra
    @llllaurrrrrra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Amazing episode! Especially the intellect discussion and distinction between thoughts and feelings.
    Maybe check out the NBC series Hannibal? Theres so much therapy going on given by a serial killer and later on by a stotic woman I would love to find out wheter thats useful therapy or not!

  • @Lucifronz
    @Lucifronz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Turned himself into a pickle. Funniest shit I've ever seen.

  • @DenderFriend
    @DenderFriend 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    you should check out Rest and Ricklaxation! An episode about what people consider to be the 'toxic' aspects of themselves!

  • @sarah2301
    @sarah2301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I would love more about attachment theory! Most info seems to be about childhood and how it impacts your adult relationships but presumably it's not that straightforward - are there other ways to develop anxious/avoidant attachments (other than your relationship with your parents as an infant)?

    • @KingKook
      @KingKook 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, with caregiving relatives, nannies, family friends, teachers and other adult authority figures. Anyone who exerted any kind of emotional or psychological dependency upon you is potentially contributing to the dynamic.
      I had a particularly devious and mean-spirited older half-brother and sister who were passive-aggressively cruel and it made me extremely suspicious of adults in general. Turns out, that's not such a terrible suspicion. 😏

  • @AmoralGremlin
    @AmoralGremlin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Ahh this was excellent 🖤🌻 you're always a bright spot in my day with your thoughts and things you share with us. Psychology is a love of mine that I got into to better understand myself and what was up with my brain.

  • @EdgeOfEnding
    @EdgeOfEnding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    lt's interesting how Rick states he's suffered "damaged", rather than "injuries". Maybe people are just biological machines in his eyes?

  • @DamithaNadeeshaWanniarachchi
    @DamithaNadeeshaWanniarachchi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    how does doctors manage to keep their hair so perfectly when they go through so much stress and many sleepless nights, than an average person?

    • @matthewgallaway3675
      @matthewgallaway3675 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Big brain grips hair harder than normal brain

  • @El1society
    @El1society 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    great video! i don’t understand the hate this episode got it was honestly a favorite of s3 for me.
    you should take a look at mr robot. it does such a good job at showing how trauma at a young age can affect someone’s mental health down the line. it also sheds light on Dissociative identity disorder and does it in a very respectful manner.
    keep up the good work! you just earned yourself a sub 👍🏻

  • @Yertle_Turtle
    @Yertle_Turtle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    R&M reallllly missed out on a scene where someone got to enjoy eating Rick when he was a pickle, even just a little slice. I know that's irrelevant to the issues at hand, but in character even Rick would be horrified by being eaten -and it's Rick's feeling that seem to be the most rare on the show.

  • @camillesophia9792
    @camillesophia9792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    love this series, so glad you're reacting to it! one of the more overrated episodes but it's a pretty good one :)

  • @wcsearcy
    @wcsearcy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Okay, I'm hooked! I like you, and respect your mind. Great talk! Good stuff!

  • @dekutree1105
    @dekutree1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This was so good! I recently started watching this show a few months ago and it was really interesting to see this analysis. I love the way you explain things!

  • @luisgalindo6705
    @luisgalindo6705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The episode is a whole metaphor on alcoholism although Rick only mentions drinking once. "Enormous mind vegetating by your own hand."

  • @danceswithdirt7197
    @danceswithdirt7197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Speaking of fixations, at 0:48 there is a floaty wispy thing that is maybe fuzz or a bit of smoke from somewhere. Looks like it came up from the microphone so I hope nothing shorted.

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah I noticed that too. It does look like it came from inside the mic 😕 And maybe the AC carried it away? Strange that it didn't affect the sound though if it was from the mic. Mysterious. Wait, who put that pen there?!

    • @danceswithdirt7197
      @danceswithdirt7197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sourcererseven3858 Aliens.

    • @droq7237
      @droq7237 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I "literally" was scrolling through to see if anyone else noticed it too. Thank God for fixation. Haunted mic, hilarious

  • @karaygeoushearts
    @karaygeoushearts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was awesome! Please do Ted Lasso next.

  • @noctisocculta4820
    @noctisocculta4820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Another great video Dr. Elliot!
    I would have liked to have heard your thoughts on the coprophagia jokes though.

    • @tjolsonmcse
      @tjolsonmcse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wanted to see his reaction to that joke too.

  • @m1k3droid
    @m1k3droid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I went to therapy for 10 years, in which I was incredibly open about everything in my life, and at the end of a decade, the therapist could not explain to me what my problems were. She then decided a month later I didn't need to keep coming to therapy. I am still as lost as I ever was. Thanks, therapy!

    • @adrian-wz2zw
      @adrian-wz2zw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't give up. Try other therapists, try talking to a psychologist or psychiatrist, work collaboratively with them, see which treatments will serve best for your unique hardships.

    • @mochicinno_
      @mochicinno_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      therapy is just like dating or finding a good piece of clothing. It takes time and experimenting a lot until you find one you like and that fits you.

    • @Scuor2
      @Scuor2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well if you're an adult and can afford therapy and can't clearly state at least one issue maybe you don't need it. Unless you can't even start then...... keep looking

    • @m1k3droid
      @m1k3droid 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Scuor2 Yeah as a veteran, the VA provides therapy to help try to reduce the veteran suicide rate,

  • @catdogfan732
    @catdogfan732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Please react to “F is for Family”. It’s a really good show about problematic family dynamics, toxic masculinity as well as just a general satire of the 1970s.

  • @chapter_black3234
    @chapter_black3234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:10 No, that might require an African Swallow, not to be confused with a European Swallow

    • @happyperson1851
      @happyperson1851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you suggesting pickles migrate?

  • @Snugglze
    @Snugglze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Don't know if you've gotten any recommendations for Arcane on Netflix yet, but it's a brilliant show, and I think could have a lot of topics you can touch on.

  • @kageakuma3009
    @kageakuma3009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I will say the childhood attachment thing definitely applies to me having lost both my parents by the time I was 19 has resulted in my in my inability to form close connections with others.

  • @chudmaverick6256
    @chudmaverick6256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video, I love your insights.

  • @KittyKat94
    @KittyKat94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video as always. And Dr Elliott reminding me of liking for phycology as a subject to study with these videos. 🙂

  • @THEvagabond29
    @THEvagabond29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whoa, i was way too high and drunk to watch this... but it made so much sense... then i lost it all the minute i walked away.

  • @adrianaslund8605
    @adrianaslund8605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The thing about Rick and Morty is that people think It's smart for the wrong reasons. Its smart in how it picks apart all kinds of tropes but also in the relative psychological depth of the characters. Not the "quantum physics" or whatever. But tropes in fiction, psychology and Its general theme of post internet explosion cynicism.

  • @georgewilliamsiii4677
    @georgewilliamsiii4677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Him describing onset of paranoia: "Did they want me to see it?"
    A memory of mine of a character or actor somewhen: "Who the F**k is Them?"

  • @itsjustmaddisen
    @itsjustmaddisen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why a pickle?
    Honestly, I stopped asking questions after like… season one lol. Rick does most of this stuff drunk and/or high.

  • @lucasgonzalezaleman5077
    @lucasgonzalezaleman5077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when I used to go to therapy, my Dr use to make me feel like he was looking down on me....so I stop going to the sessions, but maybe I could give it another go with a different specialist (sorry for my bad english)

  • @keithanderson1980
    @keithanderson1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I could watch this man react and analyze so many movies and shows.

  • @rl1585
    @rl1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shame he didn't pick up on that the pickle was less of a phallic reference and rather substitute for Rick's otherwise constantly referenced alcoholism.

  • @BelgorathTheSorcerer
    @BelgorathTheSorcerer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi, Dr. Carthy. I like your videos. I had a bad day today, and you made it better.

  • @danielm5535
    @danielm5535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I immediately saw the metaphor of Rick becoming a Pickle is exactly that: pickled by alcoholism.

  • @oldgrendel
    @oldgrendel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this was amazing! i think i need cbt, i dont think i understand the diff between my thoughts and feelings. thanks for all your work!

  • @sylviagreybe672
    @sylviagreybe672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Would it be possible for you to do some scenes from The Perks of Being a Wallflower? Very very interesting main character.

  • @midknight236
    @midknight236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A bit random… but now I’m curious on what’s your take on the 2021 mini series, Dopesick

  • @reneexxx8809
    @reneexxx8809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lololol my favorite episode!! Kinda curious…does systematic therapy work if the parents keep 2 of 3 children locked aside, starved and barely alive?

  • @nickybea7856
    @nickybea7856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dr. Elliot, will you marry me?! 😂 You are the epitome of perfection!

  • @jakepullman4914
    @jakepullman4914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Motor homunculus". I am in awe of whoever named that.

  • @ErzengelDesLichtes
    @ErzengelDesLichtes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:48 What is that thing moving across the screen? Did they want me to see it? Is there a meaning in putting it in that spot while talking about paranoia, or am I being paranoid?

  • @PinkyStyleHS
    @PinkyStyleHS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey Elliott, it would be really interesting to see your reaction to the movie "Nightcrawler" or at least a few scenes from it!

  • @pottedaloe9160
    @pottedaloe9160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Suberb video, I can't believe how much you got out of such a silly premise!

  • @CarrCab
    @CarrCab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Does... does anyone else see the smoke come out of his mic at 0:48 or just me?

  • @BillyViBritannia
    @BillyViBritannia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Honestly I've tried therapy for a long time and even though I'm fascinated by the study of human psychology I feel like it's not for everyone and I tend to agree with Rick many times.
    All those arguments about not opening up, fighting the therapist over control and essentially not doing it right are excuses, it's not the patient who's supposed to know how to do it right.
    I can use the same arguments in religion and say that it only works if you truly believe and if you don't see God you just don't believe enough. Then you go on with your life and a religious person can identify, explain and purportedly fix every problem in your life with some verse in the Holy book. Just like Freud.
    I don't think many therapists would appreciate this analogy so I wonder why they make the same arguments.

  • @michaelpryor8015
    @michaelpryor8015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should do a video on Jungian principles. Like I’ve been curious as to who made a bigger impact in Psychology? Jung or Freud

  • @ange76prkr
    @ange76prkr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "calculated pre-pickle plan" XD found this channel through a friend who knew I like Cinema Therapy haha. Great video! Pickle Rick!!

  • @alkemyfrost
    @alkemyfrost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was awesome! very entertaining and educational, i'd love to see more of these! ^.^

  • @TheNervousnation
    @TheNervousnation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For you to even bother analyzing this is fascinating.

  • @jadedrakerider
    @jadedrakerider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How does a person get over wanting to die? How does a person learn to take joy in life when they find life boring and frustrating? How does a person find the drive to do -- anything?

  • @somebodyoncetoldme1704
    @somebodyoncetoldme1704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was amazing. What took TH-cam 10 days to recommend this?!?

  • @EnoYaka
    @EnoYaka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I may be one of those people who doesn't feel safe like you described around half way through.. not sure what can be done about it though.

  • @aspelund76
    @aspelund76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In fairness to Morty, that's not paranoia, that's a natural result to living with Rick for any significant period.

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "It's not paranoia if they're really coming after you"

  • @Stig007
    @Stig007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not once did he discuss coprophagia... or how she handles that and family therapy.

  • @JB-fh1bb
    @JB-fh1bb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This episode stands in my mind as one of the only two times where Rick meets his match.

  • @AdThe1st
    @AdThe1st 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love your videos, you use the shows you react to to open a discussion about important psychological issues and you don't use it just say well actually therapy isn't like this, you recognise the shows aren't trying to be 100% accurate to how therapy functions and is more using an approximate understanding of therapy to tell an interesting/entertaining story and explore the show's characters. I'm not saying this just about Rick and Morty, I've watched a lot of your videos and just thought that might be what I'm picking up on.
    Eitherway I really like your videos and love that you both educate us and just enjoy the comedy of the shows you coved, keep it up big fan

  • @beckag2286
    @beckag2286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really liked your video. Can you look at season 5 episode 8? I think it might be interesting to take a look at. Lots of things are happening in it.

  • @Casual-Sage
    @Casual-Sage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk what made me click on this... never watched this show, but Id love to see you review Ren & Stimpy for the MTV kids